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28 Jul, 2026
Dmitry Sorokin is a political prisoner
A St. Petersburg mover was sentenced to eight years in prison over posts on a blocked VK page
26 Jul, 2026
Prosecution of a schoolboy over a sixteen-second oath, and a customs officer over a comment reading ‘Good news this fine morning’
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
24 Jul, 2026
Arseny Klimin, Danil Yeliseev and Nikita Sukhorukov — political prisoners
Students from Yekaterinburg sentenced to 7–8 years for allegedly planning to set fire to railway relay cabinets for money on behalf of the Freedom of Russia Legion
23 Jul, 2026
Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to six years in Togliatti
Sergei Fyodorov, a Jehovah’s Witness, was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony in Togliatti on 22 July.
23 Jul, 2026
Volgograd lawyer remanded in custody on charge of repeated discrediting of the army
Lawyer Roman Melnichenko has been remanded in custody on a charge of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces.
22 Jul, 2026
Former director of a Luhansk arts school sentenced to thirteen years for treason
Marina Kovalenko, 58, from Luhansk, has been sentenced to thirteen years in a penal colony in Crimea on a charge of treason.
22 Jul, 2026
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Kherson resident’s six-year sentence upheld over comments about Vladlen Tatarsky and calls on Russian soldiers to surrender
The Appellate Military Court in Vlasikha, outside Moscow, has upheld a six-year sentence in a general-regime penal colony for Kherson resident Nataliia Pushkash
22 Jul, 2026
Boris Rudnitsky is a political prisoner
A St. Petersburg man was placed in pre-trial detention over the comment 'Good news to start the day' beneath a report about the death of a crime boss
21 Jul, 2026
Send 27 essential care packages to political prisoners
We are raising €2,183 to provide 27 essential care packages for political prisoners held in Russian prisons and pre-trial detention centres. Political prisoners in Russia are often deprived of access to adequate food, medicine and other basic necessities. For many, support from outside is the only way to receive essential items that help protect their […]
21 Jul, 2026
Eight people convicted under Russia’s ‘terrorism’ laws every working day in 2025, research finds
In 2025, 1,776 verdicts were handed down in cases under Articles 205 to 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code, with 2,078 individuals convicted — an average of eight people per working day.
20 Jul, 2026
Danila Smirnov is a political prisoner
A schoolboy from Astrakhan faces terrorism charges over Telegram messages, a video "oath," and a photograph of a mosque allegedly linked to the Freedom of Russia Legion
20 Jul, 2026
Six years for a schoolboy for arson ‘on the instructions of Ukrainian intelligence’, and five and a half years for a farmer for two comments about Azov
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
17 Jul, 2026
Political repression in Russia in 2025: our Annual Report is out
Political Prisoners Memorial has published its Annual Report 2025 on political repression in Russia
16 Jul, 2026
Alyona Lysanova is a political prisoner
The daughter of a United Russia politician from Vologda Oblast was sentenced to 13 years for donations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and online comments in their support
16 Jul, 2026
Pensioner from Tver Oblast has six-year sentence upheld over an emotional comment about the tax service
Larisa Mikhai, 60, has had her six-year sentence to a general-regime penal colony upheld on appeal in a case concerning public incitement to terrorism.
15 Jul, 2026
Ariadna Litvinova is a political prisoner
A former police college student deported from Turkey is facing criminal charges for "discrediting" the Russian army over an anti-war protest
14 Jul, 2026
No contact with political prisoner Andrei Trofimov since April
There has been no contact with political prisoner Andrei Trofimov since April. He has not responded to letters and has not been brought out to meet with a lawyer.
14 Jul, 2026
Serhii Korzh is a political prisoner
An employee of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant abducted in occupied Enerhodar was sentenced to 13 years in prison on espionage charges
13 Jul, 2026
Crimean resident Halyna Dovhopola suffers stroke in Russian penal colony
Halyna Dovhopola, a 71-year-old resident of Sevastopol, has suffered a stroke in a Russian penal colony.
13 Jul, 2026
Prosecutions for defending indigenous peoples’ rights, singing ‘Varshavianka’, and subscribing to a Telegram channel about torture
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised last week
10 Jul, 2026
Anhelina Skyba is a political prisoner
The widow of a Ukrainian serviceman who died in Russian captivity was sentenced to 13 years in prison for money transfers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
08 Jul, 2026
Luhansk resident convicted of service in the Aidar battalion dies in penal colony
Ibrahim Kudzhanov, who had been sentenced to 5.5 years' imprisonment for serving in the Aidar battalion, has died in a Russian penal colony.
07 Jul, 2026
Denys Popovych and Nikita Ivankovich are political prisoners
Two young Orthodox clerics face multiple criminal charges over an alleged plot to assassinate Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), described as Putin's 'confessor'
07 Jul, 2026
Aruna Arna is a political prisoner
Mother of three from Gorno-Altaysk sentenced to five years in prison for posting video clips set to revolutionary songs
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